| Model |
Nintendo Wii |
| Weight (kg) |
0.1 |
The Wii, PS3, and Kinect versions of the game feature Just Dance style gameplay. There are three modes of play in both the Wii and PS3 version of the game. The first is "Classic" where everybody follows the on-screen Michael Jackson avatar. The second is "Duo" which is used for duets (such as "The Girl Is Mine") or videos with two main characters (such as "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "In the Closet") The player(s) can choose to dance as either Michael or the other character. The third mode of gameplay is "Crew", which features Michael and two backup dancers (five during some songs.) Players can opt to dance as any of the three. After performing songs, players are able to unlock training videos in the "Dance School" where they are taught some of the more difficult moves from several of Michael Jackson's music videos and stage performances.
Four player multiplayer is available on the Wii and Move enabled PlayStation 3 but the Kinect will be limited to one player at a time. The game also features singing on the Kinect version on Xbox 360, and optional on-screen lyrics on the PlayStation 3 and Wii versions which also feature singing. The DS version features gameplay similar to Elite Beat Agents. In this version, there is a cartoon version of Michael on the top screen and the player follows along by tapping the bottom screen with the stylus to the rhythm of the music. Also on Nintendo DS version, there is an anti-piracy feature created by Ubisoft that will freeze the game and replace the audio with the sound of vuvuzelas (popularized by the South Africans in World Cup 2010) if the player is playing a pirated or ROM version of the game.[6] On the Wii version, players can play as Jackson or the Back-up Dancers. The game was displayed at New York Comic Con at Ubisoft's booth.
Key Features
The Kinect version of the game features full body tracking, and entirely different choreography to the Wii version,[7] along with several other changes and additions
This version uses a technology called Player Projection, which puts the player's own image in the game allowing them to star in their own Michael Jackson video
The Kinect version includes two game modes: "Solo" and "Party". Solo mode features one player. Party mode features 2-4 players
There are two options in Party mode: "Co-Op" and "Battle"
